16 On a new Species of Pucras Pheasant. 



Pucrasia xanthospila ruficollis David & Oustalet, Ois. 

 Chine, p. 408 (1877). Type from Sheiisi Province, now in 

 the Paris Museum. 



Distribution : Shensi and perhaps Kansu Provinces, 

 N.E. China. 



Pucrasia meyeri Madarilsz, Ibis, 1886, p. llo. Type from 

 Central Thibet, now in the Hungarian National Museum. 

 Distribution : Yunnan and Thibet, 



Pucraaia joretiana Courtois, Bull. B. 0. C. xxxi. 1912, 

 p. 7. Type from Ilwo-shan, Anhwei Province, Middle 

 China, now in the British Museum. 



Pucrasia danvini Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 55.2. Type 

 from the mountains of Che-kiang Province, S. China, now 

 in the British Museum. 



Distribution ; Che-kiang and Fokien Provinces, Southern 

 China. 



Pucrasia stijani Ogilvie-Grant, Bull. B. O. C. xxiii. p. 32 

 (1P08). Type from Ichang, Hupeh Province, Central 

 China, now in the British ISTuseum. 



The males of these six forms can be distinguished by the 

 following key : — 



a. Outer tail-feathers rufous at the hase, no grey . . P. meijeri. 



b. Outer tail-feathers grey at the base, no rufous. 

 a'. A patch of chestnut on the chest and breast. 



a*. A distinct yellow nuchal collar. 



u^. Base of the throat glossed -with green, 



like the chin P. xanthospila. 



b^. Base of the throat glossed with reddish, 



contrasting with the green of the chin . P. x. rujicollis. 

 P. No yellow nuchal collar. 



c^. No chestnut on the under tail-coverts ; 



crest short and tufted P. joretiana. 



d^. Under tail-coverts with chestnut ; crest 



long and narrow P. danvini. 



b' . No chestnut patch on the chest , . . P. styani. 



